NEW v #WSW RD EDITION 1 FEBRUARY 2019 1 FEBRUARY 93 VS ROUND 17 SEASON 2018/19 SEASON BECOMING BRUCE 02 REGULAR COLUMNS THIS THE LETTER 05 MATCH WARM UP 06 FIVE THINGS 11 PLAYERS TO WATCH 13 Brought to you by Turner and Freeman TODAY’S MATCH 16 THE WANDERER FEATURES The views in this publication are not JUNIOR WANDERER ZONE 18 necessarily the views of the Western Sydney BECOMING BRUCE 08 Wanderers FC. Material in this publication Bruce Kamau has quickly become a vital part TAKE FIVE 25 is copyrighted and may only be reproduced of the Wanderers cog this season Brought to you by Turner and Freeman with written permission from the club. 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With the opening of The Western Sydney Wanderers FC. our new facilities very soon in Blacktown Sports Park there's no doubt that this will be one of many Grand Finals that you will see the club play in, with juniors from all around the Western Sydney region getting the chance to represent their hometown club on the big stage. So get behind both our Foxtel Y-League and Hyundai A-League teams tonight as they battle in two very important #WSWvNEW matches, one in the Grand Final and one which will kickstart our run to the Finals Series. Come on you Wanderers! Arthur Diles Foxtel Y-League Head Coach Membership Number #583641 For more information on our products please visit www.mitsubishielectric.com.au Phone:1300 280 625 VISIT WANDERLAND.COM.AU WANDERLAND.COM.AU VISIT THE LETTER 06 which doubled the Wanderers' lead on the cusp of half-time. With three points in their hand, a late heist during injury time left Babbel and the Wanderers floored by a late capitulation, forcing them to search for redemption once more tonight. Similarly, the Jets head into the match with their own sets of frustrations having been unable to secure any points against league leaders Perth Glory on Sunday night. Goals by Andy Keogh and Neil Kilkenny on either side of the half established an MATCH unassailable two-goal buffer, with the Jets struggling to get anything out of the match. The last time the Wanderers and the Jets met PREVIEW was back in Round 5 of the Hyundai A-League competition, with the Jets the runaway winners in a 2-0 victory at Spotless Stadium. fter a very hectic schedule, the Red & Goals by Jason Hoffman and Ronald Vargas Black are back at home today to face secured the three points for the visitors who will Aoff against the Newcastle Jets in the no doubt be looking to replicate that result to final Summer of Heroes fixture. kickstart their run to the finals series. The Wanderers head into tonight's match With the Wanderers breathing down their against the Jets ready to face some of their necks on the ladder, it's not doubt that demons, returning after another frustrating the Red & Black will too be looking for finish in Brisbane. redemption, from their previous meeting Babbel's men appeared destined to emerge and result results, to give any hope of their victorious in what was a likely fight for chance in finals series a boost this season. survival in this season's final seris race until a late lapse in attention earned Brisbane Roar a corner kick in the dying embers. This saw Adam Taggart rise highest and (Left from right), All smiles from plant an unstoppable effort past the Riera at training, Elrich leads the Wanderers gloveman to keep the Roar's drills at training top-six aspirations hanging on by a thread, cancelling out two spectacular goals by Roly Bonevacia and Kwame Yeboah. Outside of ex-club Phoenix, Brisbane were the only Hyundai A-League team against whom Bonevacia had failed to score prior to kick-off. But the 27-year-old needed just 18 minutes to buck that trend when he latched onto Brendan Hamill's ball over the top and lashed a fierce strike at the near post. That sparked Markus Babbel's side to play with a confident swagger, encapsulated by the lovely piece of striking play from Yeboah 07 THIS MATCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY FIELD CATHERINE CANNULI REPORTER @CANNULI_13 o say it's been a frustrating season for our Westfield W-League team would be an understatement. TA number of fantastic performances by the girls have resulted in the barest of points as we now start to look towards now building for the next season of the Westfield W-League competition. We go into tomorrow night's match against Newcastle Jets after another ON THIS disappointing result against Perth Glory. Sam Kerr's 64th and 65th Westfield W-League goals underpinned a solid COURTESY OF ANDREW HOWE performance by Perth Glory as they thumped the girls 5-1 at Marconi Stadium. DAY @ANDYHOWE_STATTO It was end-to-end play for the two sides but we were very unfortunate to have not capitalised on our chances in the match. The Jets still have a chance to make finals football and recently played some great football against Adelaide United, defeating the side 2-1. Goals from Arin Wright and a injury time winner from Panagiota Petratos secured an important three points for the Jets' finals series hopes. With pride now the only thing on the line for the Red & Black, we must take our chances to get a result in our final Westfield W-League match of the season. The Westfield W-League leading appearance-maker Clare Polkinghorne was born on this day in 1989. Born and bred in Brisbane, Polkinghorne was the first player to play 100 times in both the Westfield W-League and for the Matildas. Andrew Howe @AndyHowe_statto is Australia’s leading football statistician. He is co-author of the upcoming Encyclopedia of Matildas, now available for pre-order from fairplaypublishing.com.au. #WSWvNEW FOLLOW US @WSWANDERERSFC US @WSWANDERERSFC FOLLOW UP WARM 08 09 BECOMING BRUCE BRUCE KAMAU HAS QUICKLY BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WANDERERS ENGINE THIS SEASON STORY BY JESSICA CSASZAR @JESSICACSASZAR From N.A.B, Kamau moved to Campbelltown City before stints at both Adelaide City and Adelaide Olympic. Known already at that time for his incredible pace and ability to create chances, Kamau was picked up by Hyundai A-League outfit Adelaide United, where he was able to make his name on the national level. During his time at United, Kamau is probably best remembered for the pain he inflicted on Wanderers members and fans orn in Kenya, Bruce Kamau was just during the Grand Final. four year's old when he moved with his Credit when credit is due, Kamau scored a Bfamily to South Australia. spectacular goal in the Grand Final which It was shortly after that Kamau signed up for caught the eye of fellow Hyundai A-League his local football club, N.A.B, where he started side Melbourne City who signed the talented #WSWvNEW his journey and love for the beautiful game.